Lily and Maddison

[Voyageur]

A friend sent this my way; from October 2011. At the time they were looking for a home for Lily & Madison. They have since found one. Again and again we see how animals befriend each other and help them in their great needs.

_http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055471/A-new-home-blind-Great-Dane-devoted-guide-dog.html

Lily is a Great Dane that has been blind since a bizarre medical condition required that she have both eyes removed. For the last 5 years, Maddison, another Great Dane, has been her sight. The two are, of course, inseparable.

 

[Kaigen]

OMG how moving...
They are truthly beautiful dogs.

 

[Jones]

Yes, I agree :)

 

[SeekinTruth]

Yes, I agree :)

Me too. Thanks for posting this story, voyageur.

 

[ginebra]

Very moving story. thanks for sharing.

 

[Lindenlea]

This is a truly beautiful story, the picture says it all.

 

[Palinurus]

I thought I had read something similar recently and after a search this is what I found:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/225772-Blind-man-keeps-his-old-guide-dog-after-it-loses-its-sight-and-then-gets-a-new-one-who-now-leads-them-both-around

 

[Jones]

I realised that the reason why I found the story about Lily and Maddison so touching is that there is no indication that Maddison was actually trained or conditioned to guide Lily.

Of course a trained guide dog is always an incredible thing. But a trained guide dog had no choice in the matter. If left to their own devices, is that what would naturally be doing.

Maddison, it seems, freely giving that which exists inside of her to give and that is where I'm seeing the beauty of the story.

In having pointed out to me my own training and conditioning I'm learning that much of what I do may not be love. Perhaps real love is to be found in doing and being that which comes naturally without any form of duress from either internal or external sources?